Cancer fight pact

12th November 2007

Scientists in Northern Ireland and India are joining forces to try to find new ways of fighting cancer.

A research group to develop new ways of treating the disease has been set up between Belfast’s Queen's University and India’s Ministry of Biotechnology. The collaboration involves specialists from the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology at Queen's and the National Institute of Immunology in New Delhi. Professor Patrick Johnston from Queen’s said the partnership would enable them to learn more about the disease.